Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels

Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels

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Cups and Vessels from an English Kunstkammer

German, Nuremberg, circa 1630 | Covered cup (Traubenpokal)

Lot Closed

December 7, 04:58 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Cups and Vessels from an English Kunstkammer

German, Nuremberg, circa 1630

Covered cup (Traubenpokal)


the lid struck with maker's mark, probably of Esaias zur Linden, the body Andreas Lobenschortt and the foot Michael Michaelis

silver

the lid with faint Hebrew lettering, the stem in the form of a putto balancing on a dolphin, the lid surmounted by intricate foliate scrolls

35cm., 13¾in.

RELATED LITERATURE 
Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, 1541-1868, cat. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 2007, vol. 1, nos. 527, 531